What I've been reading: 2008-05-30

• Where's the beef? Try the lab. (CS Monitor)
  Researchers attempt to make meat without killing livestock.
• Posthumans, Rise Up And Destroy Hollywood! (io9)
  Why is Hollywood trying to poison everybody against posthumans? Whenever you see someone going beyond standard-issue humanity in movies or TV, it's portrayed as monstrous and evil.
• Vegetarian is not vegan (The Red Scare)
  PETA claims to be an animal rights organization. Why are they claiming Oprah, who is very publicly going vegan for 21 days, is trying a "vegetarian diet?"
• The Heirs of Prometheus (Athena Andreadis)
  Ode to our previous Mars accomplishments.